Business Aviation

By Angus Batey
Amid geopolitical, economic and climate-related uncertainty, business aviation has an opportunity in 2025 to rediscover its mojo, one aircraft dealer says.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Molly McMillin
Ed Bolen is president and CEO of the National Business Aviation Association, a role he has held since 2004.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Michael Bruno
Activist investor Browning West has taken a 4.3% stake in Canadian training and simulation leader CAE as the latter is searching for a new CEO in 2025.
Maintenance & Training

By Ben Goldstein
Joby says it has completed initial testing under FAA Type Inspection Authorization (TIA), with agency personnel assessing human factors and flight safety in a type-conforming flight deck using a company simulator.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Matthew Fulco, Thierry Dubois
Safran has sold its North American electromechanical actuation businesses to Woodward as it seeks to address antitrust concerns related to a deal with RTX.
Manufacturing & Supply Chain

By Ben Goldstein
Archer has announced that construction of its high-rate manufacturing facility in Covington, Georgia, has been completed.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Bill Carey, Molly McMillin, Lee Ann Shay
A look at what’s trending—and what has lost popularity—in the business aviation aftermarket.
Business Aviation

By Bill Carey
The change in U.S. leadership injects uncertainly into aviation’s climate progress.
Airports, FBOs & Suppliers

By Graham Warwick
Major events in aerospace and defense during 2024.
Aerospace

By Tony Osborne
New orders are rolling in, buoyed by upticks in defense spending and increased demand from the public safety, air ambulance and energy sectors.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Lee Ann Shay
Business aviation will see lots of changes in 2025.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Bill Carey
The Daher Kodiak 100 remains popular with government and private operators for a variety of missions.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Molly McMillin
The number of used business jets for sale in December totaled 1,263, up 8% from 1,174 a year ago, but down 1% from November, a report from Jefferies says.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Chen Chuanren
Air India has placed an order for Piper Archer DXs and Diamond DA42s as the flag carrier prepares to ramp up pilot training ahead of its fleet expansion.
Maintenance & Training

By Garrett Reim
SkyDrive and Osaka Metro Co. have announced four planned vertiport locations for the SD-05 eVTOL aircraft within the greater Osaka area.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Bill Carey
Two people were killed Dec. 17 when a Kamaka Air Cessna 208B Grand Caravan crashed into a vacant building shortly after takeoff.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Lee Ann Shay
Skyservice and Fontainebleau Development partner on their second Florida FBO.
Airports, FBOs & Suppliers

By Molly McMillin
Carlos Brana, Dassault Aviation executive vice president of civil aircraft, gives BCA’s Molly McMillin a tour of the interior of the Falcon 8X.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Bill Carey
SmartSky Networks has filed an antitrust lawsuit accusing Gogo Business Aviation of being an “abusive monopolist."
Interiors & Connectivity

By Sean Broderick
The FAA has fast-tracked a final rule mandating drug and alcohol testing in non-U.S. repair stations approved to work on U.S. aircraft.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Sean Broderick
Locke’s first day as executive director of Aircraft Certification (AIR-1) was Dec. 16; she replaces Wes Mooty, who has been serving as acting AIR-1 since June.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Molly McMillin
ExecuJet MRO Services is adding a paint shop in an agreement with Satys Aerospace.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Jeremy Kariuki
Ascend Maintenance Services (AMS) has received approval to begin operations as an aviation maintenance provider at Centennial Airport in Denver, Colorado.
Airports, FBOs & Suppliers

By Thierry Dubois
Airbus and Daher are negotiating for the potential acquisition of some Daher activities in A320 family aerostructures subassembly near Nantes, Western France.
Aircraft & Propulsion